Jacobus Johannes Petrus van Zyl
1862 – 1941
Connection to the Koup
Held ground in this district: Klipgat A (Klipgat No. 114 Ptn 2) (1916-11-15).
Names
- Given
- Jacobus Johannes Petrus
- Surname
- van Zyl
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Immediate family
- Brothers and sisters
- Christiaan Hendrik Van Zyl
A life in the record
- 1862 born Born
- 15 November 1916 land Held it, Klipgat A (Klipgat No. 114 Ptn 2)
- 1941 died Died
Ground they are on record on
- Klipgat A (Klipgat No. 114 Ptn 2) held it · 15 November 1916
Research notes
[FS, 5 Aug 2026] Son of Louis Daniel Francois van ZylM (PER-001385), who held Klipgat No. 114 to his death. Took KLIPGAT A, Portion 2 of Klipgat No. 114, on deed 8821 of 15 November 1916 - the deed immediately after his brother's. The deed as transcribed gives 'Jacobus J.P. van Zyl'; the full name and dates come from FamilySearch 2CY9-NVD. [TO VERIFY - deed 8821 would give the name in full]
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What the record is missing
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The record stops in 1916 and never resumes
second order · B2 trail-ends
Klipgat A (Klipgat No. 114 Ptn 2) was worked as far as 1916-11-15, with Jacobus Johannes Petrus van ZylH the last owner on record. 110 years follow with nothing. Who held it after that, and is it still one farm?
What would settle it The current title deed traced backwards, each transfer names the one before it, or the Surveyor-General's subdivision diagrams, which are what usually explain a farm going quiet.
Found by breaks.py reading the model against itself, not written by hand,
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Elders
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